# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S1207
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

702 PUBLICATION MATTERS

In order to supply a rather persistent demand for recordings
of hymns and other religious materials, we have prepared a num.
ber of albums containing records of this type of material. Sales
have been encouraging. Through the use of our own recording
equipment we hope in the future to make additional materials
available. .

Our periodicals continue to enjoy wide circulation. The Dis.
trict-wide subscription plan for The Lutheran Witness is employed
by 25 of the 34 Districts. The total circulation of the Witness is
312,000. Der Lutheraner is also included in the District-wide sub-
scription plan and in its 107th year has 22,000 subscribers. During
the triennium a rearticulation of our juvenile periodicals was put
into effect in co-operation with the Board for Parish Education,
A new periodical, Young World, was inaugurated for ages 12 to 14,
The Concordia Messenger was discontinued. The Child’s Com-
panion is being continued for ages 9—11. To combat the many
insidious comic books on the market, a four-page colored weekly
entitled Bible Stories in Pictures was begun. The resolution of
previous conventions to establish a family magazine was carried
out in co-operation with the Board for Parish Education. The
reception given this magazine was beyond expectation. Therefore
no subsidy will be required for the first year, as provided for
in the original resolution.

It may be of interest also to report that foreign-language
editions of some of our publications are appearing. Permission
has been granted foreign publishing houses to print Norwegian
and Danish editions of The Quest, a Norwegian edition of Make
Yours a Happy Marriage, and a Swedish edition of Chuck Dressler.

We acknowledge with gratitude the co-operation of all boards
connected with Concordia Publishing House, the Literature Board,
Faculty and Beard of Concordia Seminary, Board for Young
People’s Literature, Board for Parish Education, and many others.
And we cannot conclude our report without acknowledging the
loyal support and co-operation of all pastors, teachers, and members
of Synod, for it is due to their loyalty that Concordia Publishing
House has grown and flourished during the past eighty years.

KenneTH R. HorFrMann, Secretary

ACTION
Concerning this report, Committee 8 submitted the following
recommendations, which were adopted:
Resolution 1

The report of Concordia Publishing House shows that much
fine progress was made during the last triennium.

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PUBLICATION MATTERS 703

The list of publications which have been issued indicates
. number of particularly notable contributions to the work of our

5. Church. Your Committee calls attention to the following out-
standing achievements:
- 4.. Church music materials, edited by Prof. Walter E. Buszin,

‘have helped to relieve a serious need of many years’ standing and
‘have served to emphasize the pre-eminent position of the Lutheran
Church in the field of church music. These publications in church
music are being used by congregations outside the Lutheran Church
and have met with enthusiastic and authoritative acclaim by
leading musicians in the United States and Canada. The sale of
Concordia Recordings has likewise been encouraging.

2. Vacation Bible School materials, edited by Mr. A. W. Gross
under the direction of the Board for Parish Education, have been
an invaluable aid in the conduct and expansion of our mission
program and have made it possible for our Church to meet modern
missionary needs and. opportunities. Here again the publicational
standards achieved by Concordia Publishing House are high and
outstanding in their field.

3. The publication of a family magazine, This Day, under the
editorship of Rev. Henry Rische, has met with highly gratifying
success. Vigorously endorsed by competent reviewers, this maga-
zine is already serving many non-Lutheran homes and is spread-
ing its Christian influence far beyond the confines of our own
Church.

4. The publication of Bible Stories in Pictures.

Your Committee therefore recommends

That the convention gratefully acknowledge the continuing —

fine progress of Concordia Publishing House;

That it take special note of the contributions made in the
four fields mentioned above; and .

That the work of Mr. O. A. Dorn, his staff, and the Board of
Directors be warmly commended. ‘

Resolution 2

Although Synod’has previously authorized an expansion pro-
gram for Concordia Publishing House, it has not been feasible
to carry out this program. The urgent need for additional space,
however, is now acute.

Your Committee, therefore, recommends that Concordia Pub-
lishing House be encouraged to carry out its expansion program
as soon as practicable.

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